well, thanks for joining us for today's conversation about some proposals to reform the us supreme court. we would love to hear what you think about that >live>and >>your thoughts online using hashtag x and we're going to leave you now with another >live>look and with all >liz>of us >live>at our >liz>her running mate in pennsylvania. >live>let us fight for the promise of. >liz>and while cbs evening news is next, >live>and with >liz>a lot more about >live>sylvania, are you ready to make your voices heard >> let's do this together appeared would you be my running mate? >> major: tonight, the democratic ticket is set. >> it will be a privilege to take this with you across the country. >> major: kamala harris caps

minnesota governor tim walz as her vice president shall pick up your >> this campaign is a fight for the future. >> major: the former high school social studies teacher and football coach making his national debut. >> the nation will know coach walz by another name... vice president of the united states. >> major: the "cbs evening news" starts now. music on musical >> major: good evening everyone for your guy major garrett. norah is on assignment. welcome to the spotlight, tim walz. there is the minnesota governor and vice president kamala harris in battleground pennsylvania tonight, hitting the stage for the first time together to roaring cheers that lasted more than they arrived then 2 minutes. harris made the call this morning, banking on the appeal of a straight talking midwesterner who used to be a high school teacher and football coach. the duo will now target modern and might moderate and independent voters as they blitz at least five battleground states over the next week.

they have team coverage of todas announcement, starting with cbs's nancy cordes, who reports on how walz sealed the deal. >> reporter: vice president harris and her new running mate got a rapturous welcome here in philadelphia, where the line to attend their first joint rally stretched more than six city blocks. >> to his former high school students, he was mr. walz. to his former high school football players, he was coach. and a 91 days... [cheers and applause] the nation will know coach walz by another name: vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: sources close to the selection process tell cbs news it was his leadership experience and strong rapport with harris that pushed governor walz to the top of her

list. >> hi, this is tim. >> it's kamala harris. morning, governor. >> reporter: campaign cameras were rolling this morning when harris called walz to offer him a job. >> listen, i want you to do this with me. let's -- let's do this together appeared would you be my running mate and let's get this thing on the road? >> it would be a privilege to take this with you across the country. >> reporter: the choice was embraced today by democratic leaders and union leaders, by progressives like bernie sanders, who called walz a great asset, and by moderates like west virginia's joe manchin, who said "i can think of no one better than governor walz to bring balance back to the democratic party." as governor, walz has signed laws to expand paid leave and boost background checks for gun owners, or it a hunter himself, walz will be counted on to take the fight into the heartland. speak are they a threat to democracy? esp or are they going to take our rights away? yes b or are they going to put people's lives in danger? yes. >> reporter: the trump-vance

ticket called him dangerously liberal today feuds >> tim walz's record is a joke. one of the most far left radicals in the united states government at any level. >> major: vice president harris and governor walz, who is speaking now, chose to launch their partnership here in pennsylvania because it is the nation's largest battleground state, but they are going to be traveling across the country together all week, heading to his territory, the midwest, tomorrow. major? >> major: electoral votes there in pennsylvania are pure nancy cordes on the scene, thank you so much. tim walz's path to the presidential ticket went from the army national guard to the schoolhouse to capitol hill to the governor's mansion. cbs's ed o'keefe has more on who walz is and where he stands. >> reporter: a quip by tim walz two weeks ago about donald trump and j.d. vance grab democrats attention to its peak of these are weird people on the other side. they want to take books away. they want to be in your exam room.

>> reporter: and it caught on pits begun by the way, don't you find some other stuff to be just plain weird? >> reporter: born in nebraska, the 60-year-old governor in the second term has marveled at the interest in him. >> i don't know if every high school geography teacher expects to be in this position at some point. >> reporter: he also coached a state champion high school football team. ran for congress in 2006 concerned about the iran w war. >> our troops deserve a plan to peace. >> reporter: or percent a southern minnesota district that strongly backed trump in 2016 and a bipartisan election in 2018 pure flat-footed response in 2020 to violence sparked by george floyd's murder in minneapolis. >> this has obviously been the most difficult week in minnesota in recent history. >> reporter: a series of police reforms, and putting a ban on choke hold, followed. or recently he signed bills expanding school meals. [cheers and applause] banning conversion therapy for minors, and protecting abortion

services. even visiting a women's health clinic in minnesota with harris. he and his wife, >> norah: four, have two children, including a daughter conceived through ivf peer >> governor walls, my daughter. >> reporter: some of his most popular videos. >> i'm a vegetarian. >> turkey, then. >> reporter: we are told when harris called, came up is no caller i.d. he answered and accepted in the duo has now raised at least $20 million since the announcement this morning for another sign, major, a fresh enthusiasm for the democratic ticket. >> major: not a spam call after all. ed o'keefe, thank you. tropical storm debby is slowly making its way up the east coast, dropping record rain, flooding streets, and lashing communities along the shorelines. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports from the storm zone. >> repoter: and moncks corner, south carolina, north of charleston, a tornado from tropical storm debby tore

through businesses and turned over cars. >> one gentleman said shopping carts were flying in the air around him and he jumped on top of a young lady to protect her from a glass. >> reporter: debby brought rain, wind, and flooding to charleston, where mayor william cogswell extended monday nights curfew until wednesday. >> especially don't be any yahoos driving through the water and causing damage to property. >> reporter: at least 9 inches of rain have already inundated the city, and another 8-10 inches our forecast through friday. charleston was a ghost town today. >> easy, easy. >> reporter: except in the spot, where a man who goes by abdul was behind the cash register at this convenience store where he has worked for 27 years. >> every storm, i'm open. nobody open, just me. [laughs] >> reporter: after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane on florida's west coast on monday, debby brought flooding to georgia. >> reporter: i'm cristian benavides in savannah,

georgia, where some roads remained closed while flooding not reaching the historic levels that officials warned about, the heavy rainfall still left some residents picking up the pieces. >> my first instinct was to go check on my kids because... b2 shakennah conyers a civil mother of four was sleeping while capital storm debby pummeled her neighborhood. her roof caved in after this tree was uprooted by the storm had family belongings in her living room and kitchen are ruined, at her apartment is uninhabitable. >> for my kids, all i know is to put a smile on my face and say we are going to be okay. >> reporter: from here in charleston now, we can report that as you can see, there has been a break in the rain. that has allowed this water in this once-flooded neighborhood to source of pride but the threat is by no means over as the storm continues to churn just off the coast. a slash flood warning has been extended into tonight. major? >> major: manuel bojorquez, thank you pure turning now to breaking news. the justice department has

charged a pakistani man in a murder-for-hire plot against u.s. government officials and politicians, including former president trump. sources tell cbs news that intelligence about this alleged plot prompted the secret service to ramp up security assets for the former president. cbs's nicole sganga has the details. >> reporter: the complaint accuses pakistani man asif merchant, allegedly tied to iran, of orchestrating a plan to assassinate government officials on u.s. soil. one of those officials, former president donald trump. >> law enforcement officials received a tip, and then reportedly used a range of tools and tactics to catch him engaging in criminal behavior. >> reporter: the complaint alleges merchant traveled to new york in april, contacting a potential business partner to assist him with rounding up pittman. instead, that individual alerted the fbi and began working with investigators as a confidential source.

the confidential source accompanied merchant on scouting missions to new york city clubs, potential recruitment spots, and shelled out $5,000. undercover agents posed as would-be assassins. >> while we still don't know the level of connection this individual had with the iranian regime itself, what is clear is that iran has a long memory. >> reporter: iran has long vowed to retaliate against trump and other top u.s. officials after they ordered a drone strike in 2020 which killed qassem soleimani, the head of the powerful quds force. john bolton spoke to 60 minutes about the iranian plot against him in 2022. >> so what exactly was the plot against you? >> the revolutionary guard sought to procure either my kidnapping or my assassination. not directly by a revolutionary guards member, but by seeking a hit man who would carry out the

job, either in the u.s. or abroad. >> reporter: merchant was arrested last month within days of the attempted assassination of former president trump at a rally in butler, pennsylvania. what investigators have not found evidence of any connection, major. >> major: distinction. nicole sganga, thank you so very much. tonight, the middle east is bracing for a retaliatory strike on israel by iran and its proxies over the recent assassinations of hamas and hezbollah leaders. cbs's imtiaz tyab is in beirut. >> reporter: in a fiery speech via video link, hezbollah chief hasan nasrallah told supporters that following last week's assassinations of the top hezbollah military commander and hamas' main political leader, israel should be afraid of iran's plan for revenge attack. and from what he calls the access of resistance, which also includes hamas and the houthis. >> well come as supporters of

hezbollah vowed to avenge th assassination, we can hear the sound of israeli fighter jets in the skies above beirut, breaking the sound barrier. hours earlier, hezbollah drones were seen above nahariya, targeted by air defense missiles. but one missile missed its target and crashed to the ground, injuring several people at a bus stop. a later israeli air strike in southern lebanon killed four. this volatile tit for tat is of widely seen as a prelude to a much feared wider war and comes as the pentagon announced it moved another aircraft carrier to the region to guard u.s. warships already there. and tonight, cbs news has learned a squadron of f-18 fighter jets have been sent from the uss theodore roosevelt to an airbase at an unnamed middle east partner nation with f-22 is also on the way as the region continues to brace for iran and its proxies response to

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nearly $200 million since 2020. >> you realize they're coming for you guys next? >> reporter: now democrats are flooding the creator can unity with cash and providing behind-the-scenes access. >> come and meet the president of the united states. >> we have to work with them at if we are not we are missing a huge way voters are getting in the world. >> reporter: rob flaherty runs digital strategy, previously at the white house, and now for the harris campaign. >> you think you just fell out of a coconut tree? >> reporter: he called the highly memable harris and massive asset and the campaign reaches out to thousands of influencers. speed no michael kind of coaching to you give influencers acting on behalf of the harris campaign? >> resources, base language. >> reporter: while flaherty said the harris campaign is not pay influencers directly, other democrat political organizations that do. in may, future forward and super pac supporting harris

posted panels like a gaming the algorithm and how advocacy can benefit your business. >> project 2025 talks about thousands of civil servants beards be too last, sanneh said she was hired by protect our care, and advocacy group that relies on anonymous donors. she made a video warning about trump's second term agenda that most help you script it, right? >> right, definitely. >> reporter: she takes their talking points and puts them into her own voice, saying she always disclosures when she is being paid. what your rate? >> so a video just for a creaor of my size, and average can go from $3,000 to $10,000 depending and upwards. >> this is a bid by campaigns to create authenticity at a small scale. >> reporter: university of pittsburg sam woolley studies political influencers. how can you tell what is a genuine, grassroots expression of political opinion, versus what's being paid for? >> if you see multiple

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